II-1. Serial Communications Example
The MIDI Transmission Standard
MIDI is transmitted as asynchronous
bytes at 31250 bits per second.
There is one start bit, eight data bits,
and one stop bit, meaning a maximum
transmission rate of 3125 bytes per second.
If the first bit is set (1), the byte is a
Status Byte. The Status Byte
determines the length of most messages,
which are usually one, two, or three bytes long.
System Exclusive messages are
variable length, and have a beginning and
ending status byte.
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